La Liga: Barcelona will submit the extension with Qatar Airways to a vote of its socios in 2015

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FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) will submit for approval the shirt sponsorship contract extension with the airline Qatar Ariways for the 2016-17 season to a vote of the club's socios, and possibly the arrival of a new advertiser, at the club's 2015 annual general meeting, announced Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of Barça, at the 2014 general meeting of the club on 18/10/2014.

Concluded in March 2013, the contract between Qatar Airways and FC Barcelona officially started on 01/07/2013 and is scheduled to end on 30/06/2016. The airline pays a total of €96m for the three seasons. Qatar Airways is the first commercial company to showcase its brand on the Barça shirt.

  • The contract between FC Barcelona and Qatar Airways allows, during the three seasons of the contract, a bonus of €5m if they win the Champions League.

"The contract with Nike could be redefined" (Josep Maria Bartomeu)

  • "The contract with Nike could be redefined as the value of the club is growing and therefore also has an impact on the economic value of the clothing worn by athletes of different sections (of the club),"
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